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04-01-2011, 04:44 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: alabama | | | Fender USA to be purchased by Chinese investment group !
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Breaking news copied / pasted from AP: Fender Electric Instrument Manufacturing Company has entered into an agreement to be purchased by a business conglomerate based in Guangzhou, China. Fender (FEIMC) is a privately held corporation, with the controlling majority of its stock owned by a group of its own company officers and managers. Larry Thomas, Chief Executive Officer said this in a statement today "After careful deliberation over the last several months, the Board Of Directors here at Fender have decided to sell a majority interest to The QuiaGon Group. The sale and transfer is pending approval by the FTC, and will consummate one year from today, on April 1, 2012. " The QuiaGon Group is primarily known to American consumers for products ranging from the Sham Wow, Snuggie, and novelty T-shirts - including, ironically, Fender-branded items. The only previous experience QuiaGon has in music instrument manufacturing involved cheaply made copies of well-known, copyright-protected instrument designs. Fender was, in fact, the lead plaintiff in an international lawsuit in 1998 which halted production. According to a spokesman for QuiaGon, Fender`s current manufacturing facilities in Corona, California (USA) and Ensenada, Baja California (Mexico) will begin shuttering later this year as all product lines are shifted to a rual plant being refurbished in the Xianahi province. "We are greatly looking forward to being able to legally provide musicians with downgraded, cheap versions of the iconic instruments that made Fender a worldwide nameplate" says the company spokesman.
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Originally Posted by *insertcoolname  1nce at a gig i roxed the crowd so hArd that all teh gurlz were liek "i want u" an all teh bands were liek "u roxed evry1 2 hard" and i waz liek "yea i no cuz i am teh mastr uv base" | |
04-01-2011, 04:48 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Sidney, Indiana | | | April Fools!!!
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04-01-2011, 04:50 PM
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Endorsing Artist for: Brace Audio; Duncan Pickups; Line6 | | Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Florida | | | Ouch!...well I am glad I got my Classic p-basses and I don't think I will focus on Fender unless it's older ones.
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04-01-2011, 04:51 PM
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Originally Posted by MOTORHEADBANGER April Fools!!! | this |
04-01-2011, 04:52 PM
|  | Now 10% Less Offensive! | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Anchorage, Alaska | | | OMG, I just threw up in my mouth a little bit.
I hope this is an April Fools joke!
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Originally Posted by Gopherbassist I'd laugh, but you can get really sick from that. | |
04-01-2011, 04:53 PM
| | | Think of all the threads that would have to be closed because of this....SX vs. Fender, Squier vs. Fender.....What's the best Chinese bass for metal?
Shame really, this would mean that all Fenders would be playable off the wall....  |
04-01-2011, 04:57 PM
| | | | It could be worse!
CBS could have got Fender back again. |
04-01-2011, 05:00 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Central Alabama | | | AMF is taking Fender over. Everyone knows that.... |
04-01-2011, 06:06 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Charlotte, NC | | | Does this mean my new Fender will come with a ShamWOW!
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04-01-2011, 06:12 PM
|  | www.brandonmichael.info | | Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Northern California | | | If anyone thinks this is serious, maybe they should reread that last sentence. |
04-01-2011, 06:20 PM
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Unofficially Endorsing Genz Benz, Fender, Avatar TB-153 Cabs, Musicman | | Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Scottsdale Az | | | Nice April Fools Thread dood! I sent out the old 'guess who's gonna be a father' text to all my buds and my family...always a fun one! |
04-01-2011, 06:23 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Brooklyn Park, MN. | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Stinsok AMF is taking Fender over. Everyone knows that.... | Does that mean Fenders will start leaking like a sieve?
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04-02-2011, 11:48 AM
|  | Gettin' crazy with the Cheez Whiz! | | Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Visalia CA | | | And hard to start...don't forget hard to start.
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Originally Posted by Smurf-o-Death Hello? Pink sparkles? That alone makes it more awesome than a robotic sharkodile with lazer beam eyes that go pew pew pew. | Fuzzrocious #34 Mediocre Bassist #193
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04-02-2011, 11:52 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: NYC | | Quote:
Originally Posted by totallyfrozen OMG, I just threw up in my mouth a little bit. | me too - I'm WAY too gullible for this stuff . . . this is a joke right?  |
04-04-2011, 11:17 PM
| | | | "We are greatly looking forward to being able to legally provide musicians with downgraded, cheap versions of the iconic instruments that made Fender a worldwide nameplate" says the company spokesman.
HAHAHAHA lol!!!
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04-05-2011, 01:28 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Lebanon/Kuwait | | I stopped at "FEIMC". It's FMIC  |
04-11-2011, 12:40 PM
| | | | Woke my wife up at 4 Am and told her there were ICBM's enroute from Russia and we had to get to a shelter as quick as possible.
I waited until we were in the car then asked her what time it was, knowing her watch displays the date directly below the time.
All I had to worry about after that was selling the idea my black eye was the result of walking into a door in the dark.
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